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When the Premises Are Untrue

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In the previous pages we have reasoned under the assumption that the premises were true, but this is not enough. One cannot accept the “one size fits all” approach.

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    Paolo Rocchi

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Rocchi, P. (2017). When the Premises Are Untrue. In: Reliability is a New Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57472-1_7

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